The role of bacterial extracellular polymeric substances in geomicrobiology

J Tourney, BT Ngwenya - Chemical Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
The last two decades have seen geomicrobiology evolve into a broad field encompassing a
wide range of environmentally significant processes such as proton and metal adsorption …

Implications for public health demands alternatives to inorganic and synthetic flocculants: bioflocculants as important candidates

K Okaiyeto, UU Nwodo, SA Okoli… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical flocculants are generally used in drinking water and wastewater treatment due to
their efficacy and cost effectiveness. However, the question of their toxicity to human health …

[HTML][HTML] Biosorption of Pb (II) from aqueous solution by extracellular polymeric substances extracted from Klebsiella sp. J1: Adsorption behavior and mechanism …

W Wei, Q Wang, A Li, J Yang, F Ma, S Pi, D Wu - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The adsorption performance and mechanism of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)
extracted from Klebsiella sp. J1 for soluble Pb (II) were investigated. The maximum …

Competitive adsorption of heavy metals by extracellular polymeric substances extracted from Klebsiella sp. J1

J Yang, W Wei, S Pi, F Ma, A Li, D Wu, J Xing - Bioresource technology, 2015 - Elsevier
The adsorption of Cu 2+ and Zn 2+ by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) extracted
from Klebsiella sp. J1 and competitive adsorption mechanism were investigated. Equilibrium …

Superior bactericidal activity of SDS capped silver nanoparticles: synthesis and characterization

AJ Kora, R Manjusha, J Arunachalam - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2009 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles were synthesized through UV photo-reduction of silver nitrate aqueous
solution, containing ethanol and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) using an UV digester …

Extracellular polymeric substances with metal adsorption capacity produced by Pseudoalteromonas sp. MER144 from Antarctic seawater

C Caruso, C Rizzo, S Mangano, A Poli… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
The EPS-producing Pseudoalteromonas sp. MER144 was selected among 606 isolates
from Antarctic seawater due to its evident slimy appearance on agar plates. The production …

Purification and characterization of exopolysaccharide bioflocculant produced by heavy metal resistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans

S Subudhi, V Bisht, N Batta, M Pathak, A Devi… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Optimization of process parameters enhanced bioflocculating activity of 'Achromobacter
xylosoxidans strain TERI L1'from 75% to 83.3% in absence of heavy metals, which …

Ipomea carnea-based silver nanoparticle synthesis for antibacterial activity against selected human pathogens

SCGK Daniel, BN Banu, M Harshiny… - Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNps) has a wide range of applications, and here
we develop a rapid synthesis using the leaf extract of Ipomea carnea. We demonstrated that …

Isolation and characterization of metal-resistant bacterial strain from wastewater and evaluation of its capacity in metal-ions removal using living and dry bacterial cells

Y Benmalek, ML Fardeau - International journal of environmental science …, 2016 - Springer
A novel strain of the genus Micrococcus isolated from wastewater was studied for resistance
to seven heavy metals and forty antibiotics. Its capacity to accumulate metal ions was also …

The effect of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) color on biofilm development and biofilm-heavy metal chemodynamics in the aquatic environment

S Hu, DM Johnson, M Jiang, J Zhang, Y Huang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic surfaces are colonized by microorganisms and biofilms are formed in the natural
aquatic environment. As the biofilm develops, it changes the density and buoyancy of the …